law - the heirachy of court
The function of the Civil Court
The function of the Civil Court is to deal with civil matters, cases which don’t include criminal matters.
The role of the County Court in the Civil Court
The role of the county court is to deal with small, simple cases; they deal with civil non-criminal matters). Businesses who try and recover money that they are owed go to civil courts as it’s a small non-criminal case, an individual who wants compensation for injuries he/she has had can also go to a civil court as well as landowners who are seeking orders from the court to prevent trespass on their property.
However, the civil courts like the county court also deal with family issues, some cases are when the social worker/someone who is concerned (with evidence) thinks that a child is unsafe to live with their parent/guardian. Other cases are disputes between parents on who should get custody over children. The public are not allowed to attend the Family Division (FD) cases because of privacy.
Source- County Court, (judiciary.gov.uk, 12/09/13).
Jurisdiction of Small Claims Court
In the civil courts the county court is the lowest court; in the country there are around 230 county courts. County courts deal with small civil cases these can be contracts, small claims, fast track claims and multi-track claims. A small track case is usually money which is below £5000, this would be a simple and informal case and usually a county court doesn’t require a jury. For this case legal representation is often discouraged due to the fact that the case is only dealt with a small amount of money. The cases the county courts deal with are usually heard by a circuit judge; in the county court the public are allowed to attend however in family matters e.g. custody over children they are not. This is because of the Children Act 1989 where they will have to keep family matters private and personal. The fast track are cases which are dealt with money which is worth £5000 - £25,000, anything
The function of the Civil Court is to deal with civil matters, cases which don’t include criminal matters.
The role of the County Court in the Civil Court
The role of the county court is to deal with small, simple cases; they deal with civil non-criminal matters). Businesses who try and recover money that they are owed go to civil courts as it’s a small non-criminal case, an individual who wants compensation for injuries he/she has had can also go to a civil court as well as landowners who are seeking orders from the court to prevent trespass on their property.
However, the civil courts like the county court also deal with family issues, some cases are when the social worker/someone who is concerned (with evidence) thinks that a child is unsafe to live with their parent/guardian. Other cases are disputes between parents on who should get custody over children. The public are not allowed to attend the Family Division (FD) cases because of privacy.
Source- County Court, (judiciary.gov.uk, 12/09/13).
Jurisdiction of Small Claims Court
In the civil courts the county court is the lowest court; in the country there are around 230 county courts. County courts deal with small civil cases these can be contracts, small claims, fast track claims and multi-track claims. A small track case is usually money which is below £5000, this would be a simple and informal case and usually a county court doesn’t require a jury. For this case legal representation is often discouraged due to the fact that the case is only dealt with a small amount of money. The cases the county courts deal with are usually heard by a circuit judge; in the county court the public are allowed to attend however in family matters e.g. custody over children they are not. This is because of the Children Act 1989 where they will have to keep family matters private and personal. The fast track are cases which are dealt with money which is worth £5000 - £25,000, anything